Holograph copy of accounts submitted by the Navy for 1664-6

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The whole charge of the Navy {illeg}for 27 Naval Months, accounting from ye 1st of Sept 1664 to ye last of Sept 1666, as it was drawn up at a Committe {sic} of ye house of Commons & repo{illeg}rted Oct. 11. 16656. By Sr Wm Louth{illeg}er Chairman of yt Committe {sic}

			One month			27 months
			℔	s	d
For 28410 men at 4℔ a head per month		}	113640.	00.	00	30682680.	00.	00
For yt Office of yt Ordanance			010745.	00.	00	0290115.	00.	00
For building new ships			002993.	00.	00	0080811.	00.	00
For widdows & Orphans			000447.	00.	00	0012069.	00.	00
For sick & wounded men & for ye char{illeg}g of prisoners		}	001481.	00.	00	0039987.	00.	00
For Merchants vessels lost in ye 27 months		}	00429.	00.	00	0011583.	00.	00
	TRemain		129735.	00.	00	3502845.	00.	00
To be abated for wear & tear for ye two winters whilst ye ships were in Harbour					}	150000.	00.	00
RemainderThe charge for remaining for ye 27 Nov						3352845.	00.	00
		Deduct one month				129735.	00.	00
				Remains		3223110.	00.	00

So by dededucting one Month ye estimate of ye charge of war at sea for these two last years, being 26 months by naval accompt (by yededucting 129735℔ ye charge of one month), amounts to 3223110℔. 00s. 00d.

Observations upon ye above stated accompt,

1st That ye above mentioned rate of 124385℔ per month for 28410 men & for ye Office of ye Ordinance is stated to as great a value as isf ye ships had been full manned victuated {illeg}erigged & Tackled set out to sea & in actual service.

2dly That ye account is stated for two whole years as well winter as summer deducting only 150000℔ for wear & Tear. So ye (ye deducted only excepted) the charge for all the winter months (when most of ye Navy (except a few ships for a winter guard) is laid up in harbour & there is no expence of shot or pouder or breaking of g{illeg}uns & few se{illeg}amen or soldiers are kept on board, & ye soldiers pay at land at 8d per day (if continued standing) but 18s & 8d per month) is made as big as it its in summer when ye ships are full manned & in ac{illeg}tual service spending shot & pouder & are estimated at 4℔ a head per means which will fully defray both ye wages {illeg}& diet of all seamen & soldiers & all ye charges of repairing all ships rigging & Tackle endammaged in Fighting & service. So that by this one thing ye <460v> the charge is stated as if it amounted to above a 3d part more then ye charge could possibly bee, admitting ye rates {illeg}& number of men above propounded, wch yet cannot be granted by any one yt know wt number of men is requisite to man yt whole navy &c.

3dly It is stated as if yt Flee{illeg}t had been set out yt 1st of Sept 1664, whereas it is notorious it was not set out till spring following, & yt many of ye ships were upon ye stocks & repairing betwixt Christmas & spring

4thly That IfThe above stated account includes all ye charge of ye Navy & consequently all money arising from ye Custome house (besides all prises) were as so much ready money, being freed during that war from all that charge of ye Navy wch it annually discharges in time of peace

5thly {illeg}No Navy was set out the next year & the{illeg}refore if all this account wa{illeg}s allowed the charge was but 3352845℔, whereas ye money given for that war amounted to near about f{illeg}ive millions & an half: so yt ye couurt {sic} hasd above two millions clear, besides all priszes & ye customes cleared of all charges during this war.

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Note yt in yt Navy office there is a setled Rule for for {sic} manning his Maties Royal Navy, wch rule is called the {illeg}establishmtment, & shews yt there are most men required to man a ship of war in time of war at home vizt any war at sea on this side Tangier or yt Canaries. Fewer men in time of war abroad viz agt yt Algerines {sic} &c And fewest in time of peace vizt for winter & summer guards & for Convoys And as to yt 74 ships of war wch were to have been part of ye ninety & to have been set out against France the following numbers of men were to each ship was copied out of Mr Pepys his papers as being ye numbers of men agreed by ye said establishmt to be ye number requisite for mannig {sic} thos{illeg}e ships either in time of peace or in time of war abroad or in time of war at home.

	Ships	In war at home	In war abroad	In time of peace		Fourth rates
	First rates	men	men	men	26	Adventure	1090	160	120
1	Charles	710	605	500	27	Antelope	230	200	150
2	Charles royall	780	670	560	28	Assistance	230	200	150
3	Prince royal	780	670	560	29	Assurance	1680	150	115
4	Iames royall	780	670	560	30	Bristol	230	200	11550
		3050			31	Centurion	230	200	150
	Second rates				32	Charles Friggot	220	220	220
5	French Ruby	520	435	350	33	Constant Warwick	180	150	115
6	Catherine royal	540	450	300	34	S. David	280	240	185
7	Rainbow	5410	335	{illeg}270	35	Diamond	230	200	150
8	Victory	530	440	350	36	Dover	230	200	150
9	Vnicorn	410	335	3270	37	Falcon	180	150	115
	Third rates	2410			38	Foresight	230	200	150
10	Cambridge	4{illeg}20	345	270	39	Greenwich	280	240	185
11	Defiance	390	310	245	40	Hampshire	220	185	140
12	Dread nought	355	{illeg}280	215	41	Happy return	2860	240	185
13	Dunkirk	340	270	210	42	Iames Friggot	200	200	200
14	Edgar	445	370	290	43	Iersey	230	200	150
15	Harwich	420	345	270	44	Kings Fisher	220	185	140
16	Henrietta	355	280	215	45	Leopard	280	240	185
17	Lyon	2340	270	210	46	Mary Rose	230	200	200
18	Mary	365	280	215	47	Newcastle	280	240	150
19	Mountague	355	280	215	48	Nonsuch	180	150	140
20	Monmouth	400	320	255	49	Oxford	2480	240	185
21	Oak royall	470	390	310	50	Phoœnix	180	150	115
22	Plymouth	340	270	210	51	Portland	240	210	155
23	Rupert	400	320	255	52	Portsmouth	220	185	140
24	Swift sure	400	320	255	53	Reserve	230	200	150
25	York.	3{illeg}60	285	22{illeg}0	54	Ruby	230	200	150

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55	Stavoreen	2030	200	150	Sixt
56	Swallow	130	200	150	Drake	75	65	45
57	Sweepstakes	180	150	115	Francis	75	65	45
58	Woolwich	280	140	185	Grey hound	75	65	45
		79540			Lark	85	70	50
	Fift rates				Roebuck	75	65	45
59	Darmouth	135	115	90	Swadadoes	75	65	45
60	Gauardland	130	110	85		460
	Guernsey	130	110	85	Total of men	20930	17510	13775
	Hunter	130	110	85
	Mirmaid	135	115	90
	Norwich	130	110	85
	Pearl	130	110	805
	Rose	125	105	80
	Saphire {sic}	135	115	9{illeg}0
	Swan	1305	115	90
		1315

In a first rate ship in time of war at home

						Number of men	Weigh {sic} of each cannon		Weight of each sort of Cannon
On ye lower Deck		{	To every whole Canon	7 men			Tun	C	Tun	C
			Twenty six whole canon	—		182.	3.	5	84.	10
			To carry pouder for them one man to every four guns		}	6
			To overlook those Guns	4 men		4
On ye middle Deck		{	To every whole Culverin	5 men
			Twenty eight whole Culverins			140.	2.	2	58.	16
			To carry powder for them one man to every twothre gunns		}	9
			To overlook those gunns	4 men		4
On ye Qteruper {sic} Poop & Forecastle		{	To every Saker 3 men
			Twenty eight Sakers			84	1.	0	28.	0
			To carry powder for ym one man to every two gunns		}	14
			To overlook those guns	4 men		4
On ye Qter Deck Poop & Forecastle		{	To every Saker 3 men
			Sixteen Sakers			4{illeg}8	1.	0	16.	0
			To carry powder for ym one man to every two gunns		}	8
To fill pouder		{	In ye fire Pouder Room	8 men		8
			In ye after Pouder Room	5 men		5
			In yeHatch 3 men			3
To guard ye Hatch ways & carry wounded men down 4 men at each deck					}	12
	The Chirurgeons crew Eight					8
	Carpenters crew eight					8
	Stewards {illeg}Room {illeg}& Coppers crew six					6
	To Cux ye ship two men					2
	To stear ye ship two men					2
	TFor small shot an hundred men					100
	To trim or hand ye Sails Eighty					80
	For ye main top six					6
	For ye fore top four					4.
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To such a ship three boats wth each of them ten men					}	30.
			Total of men			777
			Total weight of all ye Guns						187.	6